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With four days to go, here’s POLITICO’s Senate 5:

1. FEISTY CROWDS GREET WARREN, BROWN — Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren were both greeted by swarming, animated crowds Friday as they headed into the final 72 hours of the Massachusetts campaign. Dozens of Warren supporters packed into a Main Street restaurant in Woburn, Mass. to catch a glimpse of the Democrat. But as she delivered her pitch standing on a booster seat, one detractor screamed, “A Communist government! Yeah!” Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined Brown in the North End of Boston after lunch to shake hands inside the cluster of Italian restaurants that dot the street. But as Giuliani made his case for Brown by bullhorn, an elderly man screamed, “Women should stay home.” The outbursts showed the raw emotions on both sides of the cycle’s marquee Senate race, which is ending the persuasion phase and moving into a turnout fight.

2. JOSH MANDEL? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT — Not every Senate candidate gets his or her own mobile gaming app. The liberal Progress Ohio had some fun with Republican Josh Mandel on Friday, launching an iPhone and iPad app that pokes fun at the 35-year-old state treasurer’s big political ambitions. The Mandel character in “Jumping Josh: A Game of Opportunism & Ambition” has springs in his shoes, and players can make him jump up a ladder (some of the rungs are stops in the Ohio statehouse, treasurer’s office and U.S. Capitol). If Mandel jumps too high, players get a message reading, “Too Ambitious! (Jump Lower),” and Mandel falls back to the ground. Asked about the app, Mandel spokesman Travis Considine replied: “We don’t pay attention to Progress Ohio.”

3. CHAMBER PLAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA — POLITICO’s Seung Min Kim reports: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the latest outside force to make a move in the unexpectedly competitive Pennsylvania Senate race. The business group said Friday it was airing radio and TV ads battering Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, which follows its endorsement of Republican Tom Smith earlier this week. The television ad attacks Casey over his support for the health care law and cap-and-trade legislation. “Senator Casey: Washington has changed him,” the TV ad’s narrator says. “And he’s let us down.” A Chamber spokeswoman declined to specify the size of the ad buy, but said it was “sizeable” and “intended to move public opinion.” But the powerful organization joins several other outside groups that have joined the fray in the Keystone State, such as the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which announced a $500,000 ad buy last week, and the Democratic-aligned Majority PAC, which has gone on air backing Casey.

Readers' Comments (4)

Re: the Borwn / Warren race - "The outbursts showed the raw emotions on both sides of the cycle’s marquee Senate race, which is ending the persuasion phase and moving into a turnout fight." - seriously? Both of the quotes you reference were from angry Republicans taking idiotic pot shots at the Democratic candidate.